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    Lord of the Flies Essay Rough Draft If there wasn’t any type of major civilization‚ how do you think you would act? Would your human nature take over? Will you be good or evil at heart? Lord of the Flies was written in 1954 by British novelist William Golding. It was based on World War II and his experience with schoolboys and their humanity. Human nature is both good and evil; this is present in the characters Ralph‚ Jack‚ and Roger. One way human nature is proven good is through Ralph. Ralph

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    lord of the flies unit packet 10 Grade th Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Day 1 Background Information Day 2 Imagine If *Begin Reading *Vocabulary Due at the End of the Unit Day 6 -Chapter 3 Due -Comprehension Questions Due -Journal 3 to be completed in class Day 11 --Chapter 6 Due -Comprehension Questions Due -Journal 6 to be completed in class -Read “The Road Not Taken.” Day 16 -Literature Circles *Continue Reading Day 3 -Chapter

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    Meaning in Lord of the flies

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    The main allegory for Lord of the Flies is that without civilization‚ savagery takes over. The Lord of the Flies and the Beast are not really physical characters. It is the evil that is in every human being. Without civilization the boys unleashed this evil. Piggy stood for intellect which every civilization needs‚ when he died it showed that savagery had completely taken over. Also Simon stood for morality‚ but not because civilization told him to be moral‚ but because he knew that morality

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    Destruction The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding definitely represents Golding’s fear of the thin veneer of civilization in the modern world and how it is bound to crumble at any time. In Golding’s novel‚ the boys who are stuck on the island resort to savagery after many grueling months of forcing civilization on each other. Once the boys have exited the modern world the thin layer of civilization is now gone. This forced them to use savagery to get what they want instead of being organized

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    Similar to most literary classics‚ William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies contains allusions to the Christian Bible and character archetypes that establish universal ideas. Golding’s story focuses on a group of British schoolboys who are stranded on an island and succumb to their innate savage tendencies. Literary analysts compare aspects of Lord of the Flies to the Christian Bible such as the setting‚ a lush island in the Pacific Ocean‚ to the Garden of Eden. Likewise‚ the characters in the novel

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    Rituals in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies centers around how a group of young boys deal with being stranded from civilization. They develop rituals‚ and as the boys convert to savages their rituals also alter from civil to savage. Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ is a fictional novel that takes place on a deserted island. The time period is unknown; however‚ the novel occurs during a war. Lord of the Flies focuses on power struggles between two of the main characters‚ Jack and

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    Essay- The irony of the ending of the Lord of the Flies. The ending of the novel "Lord of the Flies‚" was somewhat surprising. I was surprised‚ at least. Its very ironic how they are rescued and who they are rescued by. At this point in the novel‚ the boys are no longer acting like humans‚ but are savages. They fight for power‚ and hunt each other down like animals. Jack has taken control and has formed a tribe to hunt the pigs‚ and whoever wont follow his rules. They eventually start killing

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    Lord of the Flies Analysis

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    did things go wrong for the boys on the island? William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a book about the true nature of young boys and how quickly they can resort to savagery. This book was written in the aftermath of World War II. In this book Golding perfectly portrays the nature of humans‚ the power hungry attitude that causes so many problems. After a very short amount of time things begin to go wrong for the boys. In this essay I am going to explore the reasons why everything began to fall apart

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    Simon Character Analysis In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ many of the characters provide insight to humanity and civilization. One of the main characters‚ Simon‚ is a shy boy that does not fit in with the rest of the group. Golding shows this when he writes‚ “Simon was happy to be accepted” (104) when he talks to Ralph and how Simon is often referred to as “batty” (111). Though Simon is often thought of as crazy‚ he is actually quite sane and almost saint-like in the way he acts. As many of

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    Mr. Lindhurst English 11 3 Mar 2011 Simon In all humans‚ there is some form of evil. This theme is expressed throughout the novel of Lord of the Flies. The only character to realize this is Simon. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ nature resembles the unfortunate events to come and the character‚ Simon‚ foreshadows these events. When Simon is introduced in the beginning of the story‚ he is fainting. Physical weakness becomes a hallmark of his character‚ from

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